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Finland's Ice Cream Trucks Going Into Deep Freeze

8/28/2013 10:30PM

After decades of delivering frozen treats, Finland's ice cream trucks will go out of business after this summer. A new excise tax on sweets has driven prices up 60 percent. Video by WSJ's Ellen Jervell.

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